Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
Maybe it is the pleasant autumn days, or was it the pep talk from management (ha ha), or is the stars aligning. Whatever the reason, more good things have been happening.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
As we enter the second week of April work continues on a number of fronts. J515's smokebox is moving ahead, preparations for rebuilding of 21 track are complete and work has started on the bogies for gauge conversion of some steel cars.
Just for a change, and partly to use some old images from the files, at the end of this blog we present a few memories. From time to time we will include a few images from some years ago.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Since the last blog, things have moved along somewhat to the extent that another posting is called for.
We start with standard gauge track ballasting and tamping.Then over to the shed where some loco things are happening before looking at carriages with mirrors. Be patient, all will be explained! Then for some late happenings.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
This time no explanations in the introduction.Read on and count the different activities.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
A range of things to talk about this time. Work continues on J515 with regard to renewal of the smokebox.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
With volunteers and employees both having days off with holidays, the new year is s soft start. As individuals became available works start up again.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Just a small update in case some of you wanted to know what happened to the snake. Well the last I saw of it was when it slithered under the fence towards the neighbours house. We couldn't spot it again but after a 'yell out' from the lady at the back house yesterday it was 'found' again.
This time the guy from the National Parks was able to capture it. He commented that it looked a bit underfed. So then he kindly took it back to the bush a few streets away and released it into its new home.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The slow start to the new year is now left behind.
Work and progress is being made on a number of fronts.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Over the Christmas Break our volunteers were distressed to find that the Museum site has been the target of thieves.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
A Queensland council reveals a $2 million budget blow out for the restoration of one of the state's iconic steam trains.
Posted 4 months ago by Dangersdan707
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
The first eastbound passenger train departs Kalgoorlie on October 25, 1917, bound for Port Augusta on the newly-opened Trans-Australian Rail Line.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
People passing by Lithgow’s Eskbank Station on Tuesday, October 31, had a chance to see a very rare sight: A train being lifted onto the bed of a waiting truck.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
Transport Heritage NSW (THNSW) wishes to clarify media reports surrounding rail heritage rolling stock currently stored at Broadmeadow.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
HERITAGE train enthusiasts are riding the rails to Sea Lake for the last time as they say goodbye to broad gauge in Victoria’s northwest.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
Due to critical changes to our forward heritage fleet maintenance program, we regret to advise the upcoming Riverina regional tour with vintage steam locomotive 3642 has been postponed.
Posted 8 months ago by bevans
The track is finally clear for the establishment of the first rail trails in NSW, after the change of a law enacted in 1880.
Posted 8 months ago by bevans
45 years young this month, please contribute to this 45 day campaign to save the very last of the great EMD Streamliners.
Posted 8 months ago by bevans
A controversial auction was held at the Canberra Railway Museum at Kingston on Wednesday to sell items such as old fashioned carriages and train memorabilia.
Posted 8 months ago by bevans
Auctioneers begun to liquidate the former Canberra Railway Museum during heated scenes on Wednesday despite efforts to halt the sales.
Posted 8 months ago by bevans
Got a love of locomotives? Fancy playing Fat Controller in your backyard?
Posted 8 months ago by bevans
A last-ditch bid to save Canberra's historic rail museum was rejected 24 hours ahead of an auction to sell off its assets.
Posted 8 months ago by bevans
The Manilla railway viaduct is an iconic landmark for the township of Manilla and is historically significant to the community of the broader Tamworth region.
Posted 9 months ago by bevans
A white knight has come to the aid of Canberra’s threatened heritage rail assets with a proposal that would retain them in the ACT and be the basis for the establishment of a broader transport museum in the long term.
Posted 9 months ago by bevans
Two businessmen have launched a bid to save Canberra's failed rail museum, with plans to make it a home for all kinds of historic vehicles.
The museum's historic collection will go under the hammer next week after the company behind it collapsed, leaving behind $700,000 of debt.
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